Virginia Adult Educator Certification Program
Extension Projects and Afterwork

For each session of the Virginia Adult Educator Certification Program, program managers and instructors are asked to perform some afterwork: building on, thinking about, and applying some aspect of the session just completed. The afterwork is designed to allow participants to expand their knowledge and instructional skill as a result of reflection and follow-up action targeting an area for their own growth or improvement.

In some cases, participants will be assigned a specific task as afterwork. (For example, program managers are asked to evaluate their program after Session 1 of the Program Manager strand. At other times, participants will be asked to create their own afterwork.

In general, afterwork will be accomplished in two steps:

1. First, participants will be asked to develop an Action Plan that describes what they plan to do and how they will go about doing it.
2. Then, participants will send in a completed Certification Action Plan Results (CAPR) form. This is a record of what was accomplished.

Both the Action Plan and the CAPR will be reviewed and either approved or returned for more information or further clarification. While an action plan may not be requested for each session of all certification strands, completing a CAPR is a required component of each of the core sessions of the certification program.

Effective professional development for adult educators … Is not a “one-shot” activity, but occurs over time. Fosters the connection of content and materials to real-world situations. Reflects adult learning theory research as well as national or state standards. Accommodates different learner backgrounds. Appraises change in instructor knowledge and practice. Adapted from: Framework for Quality Professional Development for Practitioners Working with Adult English Language Learners, CAELA Network, Center for Applied Linguistics, http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/profdev/framework/index.html

All afterwork for the Virginia Adult Educator Certification Program will be submitted and reviewed using Blackboard and the ERO Online Registration, Evaluation, and Reporting System. To begin your afterwork process, be sure that you have first created a profile in ERO. If you have not created a profile, click here for the ERO Participant Manual.

If you have already created a profile, please click here for the VAECP Afterwork Participant Manual which will guide you through registering for the Afterwork course through ERO and accessing Blackboard to submit your afterwork.

Once you have read through the VAECP Afterwork Participant Manual,click here to enter the ERO Registration System.

You can find your Blackboard username in your ERO profile after your profile has been reviewed and approved. You will use this username every time you log into Blackboard. All passwords are valrc by default. Once you have received notification that you are registered for the Afterwork course, click here to enter Blackboard.

All profiles, registrations, and course completions must be reviewed and approved. Please allow up to three (3) business days for processing of all profiles, enrollment requests, and course completions.

If you have any questions about this process, please don't hesitate to contact the Resource Center at 800-237-0178 or email valrcero@vcu.edu.